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Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Democrats Toss the Gays a Bone ... Alan Caruba

Democrats Toss the Gays a Bone

By Alan Caruba

It’s official or, well, semi-official. The Washington Blade
which identifies itself as “America’s leading gay news source” reported
on Monday, July 30, that the Democratic Party platform had approved the
language of “pro-LGBT positions” to be included in the party’s
platform.

LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender for those of you
who do not

breathlessly follow the demands of this rather special group
of voters. Apparently not satisfied in May when DC Comics announced that
the sexual orientation of one of their superheroes would henceforth be
homosexual, this latest breakthrough is surely being hailed in gay bars
and salons from coast to coast.

The platform is still in a draft phase, but reportedly will include a
plank approving same-sex marriage and rejecting the Defense of Marriage
Act (DOMA). The Obama administration let it be known that it would not
defend DOMA despite the fact that it is federal law. And, of course,
Obama came out for same-sex marriage in May.

For those unfamiliar with DOMA, it was signed into law by President
Clinton on September 21, 1996 after passing both houses of Congress with
large majorities. Ah, for the good old days when Democrats actually
supported marriage between a man and a woman.

Marc Solomon, the national campaign director for Freedom to Marry, was
one of the witnesses testifying in favor of the “marriage equality”
plank. How much marriage equality can the nation handle? There are
people who are extremely fond of their pets. Will tree huggers insist on
the right to marry an oak or a redwood? The variations are endless.

Solomon is quoted in The Blade saying, “As I testified to the Committee
on Friday, the Democratic Party has a noble history of fighting for the
human and civil rights of all Americans.”

Whoa! Solomon apparently is unaware that it was a Republican Party
President named Lincoln who issued the Emancipation Proclamation or that
the opposition to slavery was a major component of the Civil War. For a
century after their defeat the former Confederate states not only
fashioned the system of Jim Crow laws, but were the steadfast opponents
of civil rights legislation right on through to the 1960s. Maybe they
don’t teach U.S. history to gay boys and girls in our schools anymore?

A Huffington Post article reported that “The Democratic National
Committee had hesitated to push for same-sex marriage as a platform
plank as recently as this March, with LGBT sources telling The
Huffington Post that they were getting pushback from party officials.”

Aside from the hideous economic, energy and foreign policies of the
Obama administration, does anyone—including
deluded liberal Democrats—think that including a plank favoring same-sex
marriage and opposing the Defense of Marriage Act is going to produce
enough votes to retain the Senate and the White House, let alone win
back the House?

According to Wikipedia, “As of April 2011, approximately 3.5% of
American adults identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, while 0.3% or
transgender—approximately 11.7 million Americans.”

So, to lock in those LGBT votes, the Democratic Party will include their
plank. Or not. The final text of the party platform will not be voted
on until the convention in September, though the close-to-final draft
will be presented to the full platform committee in Detroit from August
10 to 12.

I do hope the plank becomes part of the platform if for no other reason
that it is guaranteed to offend the millions of Americans who believe in
the institution of marriage, are sick of Barack Obama, and are tired of
the non-stop gay propaganda to justify homosexuality as a “normal”
lifestyle in a world populated by billions of happy heterosexuals.

Alan Caruba's
commentaries are posted daily at "Warning Signs" his popular blog and thereafter
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About Me

J. D. Longstreet is a conservative Southern American (A native sandlapper and an adopted Tar Heel) with a deep passion for the history, heritage, and culture of the southern states of America. At the same time he is a deeply loyal American believing strongly in “America First”.